(October 5, 2021) In the spring of 2020, when the pandemic arrived in Canada, NL artists joined their colleagues across the country as among the first to experience a severe disruption to their livelihoods and ways of working. The arts sector is a major economic driver—second only to the transportation sector for its decline in earnings in 2020, according to The … [Read more...] about ‘Hardwired for connection’: NL artists talk shop after 18 months of covid
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Top 20 private foundations accumulate $40 billion in wealth, spend pennies on the dollar
(September 24, 2021) A new report released by The Charity Report today, Pennies on the Dollar: Private Foundation Giving in Canada, outlined just how much Canada’s 20 largest private foundations increased their gross asset value over the 15 years from 2006 to 2019 and compares it to their giving. The 20 largest foundations make up 63% ($44.5 billion) of the … [Read more...] about Top 20 private foundations accumulate $40 billion in wealth, spend pennies on the dollar
Simone Joyaux: How she lived her dash
Simone Patricia Joyaux: July 23, 1948—May 2, 2021 (September 23, 2021) By any measure, Simone Joyaux used her dash — the time between her date of birth and her date of death—well. During her dash, Joyaux’s (pronounced ZhaWHY-oh) blazed a trail across the nonprofit world, leaving an indelible mark on a sometimes-button-down fundraising profession. She died … [Read more...] about Simone Joyaux: How she lived her dash
Episode 11 – #BlackinSchool with Habiba Cooper Diallo
(September 14, 2021) The prevalence of anti-Black racism and its many faces, from racial profiling to police brutality, in North America is indisputable. What #BlackinSchool teaches us is that we know less about is how our schools reinforce rather than erode racism, teaching a one-dimensional, tokenistic curricula portraying Black people, and work to erase the lived … [Read more...] about Episode 11 – #BlackinSchool with Habiba Cooper Diallo
As the disbursement quota consultation begins, the hoarding of money goes under the microscope
(August 19, 2021) The federal budget released in April made the prospect of increasing the disbursement quota very real when it included direction for a disbursement quota consultation, Boosting charitable spending in our communities, which is taking submissions until September 30. Notwithstanding a recently called election, the prospect of charitable foundations being … [Read more...] about As the disbursement quota consultation begins, the hoarding of money goes under the microscope